Idea I had this morning with wifi power strip I converted with Tasmota flash..

[Mart Hale]

So I had an idea this morning, now that I have converted this power strip to a wifi power strip I can turn on per plug, I will turn on two of the power strips when battery reaches 70 percent of charge, Then when it reaches 90 percent of charge I will turn on the other two. So I can run lower wattage loads at different power levels of the battery. Each plug has it's own led so I can look at the strip and know state of charge of the battery.

 

[namesgolden]

how are you getting your readings and what are you doing to trigger the different outputs?

something else I could see is using a sonoff to trigger a contractor/relay/transfer switch. kicking on different elements in a water heating situation, blah blah.

I have a few wifi outlets I need to figure out something to do with.

 

[Supervstech]

So I had an idea this morning, now that I have converted this power strip to a wifi power strip I can turn on per plug, I will turn on two of the power strips when battery reaches 70 percent of charge, Then when it reaches 90 percent of charge I will turn on the other two. So I can run lower wattage loads at different power levels of the battery. Each plug has it's own led so I can look at the strip and know state of charge of the battery.

Link to the strip?

 

[ghostwriter66]

Link to the strip?

I saw that this monring on SLICKDEALS.COM and it had a Amazon link .. I can't find it now ... but check amazon ... it was on sale for a good chunk ...

 

[Mart Hale]

how are you getting your readings and what are you doing to trigger the different outputs?

something else I could see is using a sonoff to trigger a contractor/relay/transfer switch. kicking on different elements in a water heating situation, blah blah.

I have a few wifi outlets I need to figure out something to do with.

I built my own wifi voltage monitor, I made a video of the process I used to built it ->

Please Login - Brighteon

www.brighteon.com

Look in the video description for links.


In this video I describe Domoticz ( open source program I run off my raspberry pi ( min computer ). It is this program that I use to set timers and do logic based upon battery voltage. I have triggers set to shut off everything if battery gets low on cloudy days.

I re flashed the rom on the out let using this method ->

Tasmota and Tasmotizer - Easy Flashing Guide for ESP8266 devices - Kiril Peyanski's Blog

I will tell and show you what Tasmota is, as well as the easiest way to flash compatible devices with a new tool called Tasmotizer.

peyanski.com

 

[Mart Hale]

Link to the strip?

Amazon.com

I destroyed my first strip as I did not take care in the fine soldering. You need good solder skills to get it done with this strip, and a good flash for the ESP8266.

 

[Mart Hale]

I saw that this monring on SLICKDEALS.COM and it had a Amazon link .. I can't find it now ... but check amazon ... it was on sale for a good chunk ...

This is the $20.00 one I modified. It is tricky as you have to unsolder a capacitor to get in and solder to the esp8266 chips wires to each lead, but on my second power strip I got it right and I ordered two more as I will automate more.

Amazon.com

 

[namesgolden]

I built my own wifi voltage monitor, I made a video of the process I used to built it ->

brighteon

sorry, I can't give traffic to a website that supports alex jones, anti-vaxxers and the like. do you have it hosted anywhere else?

 

[Mart Hale]

Then don't go. I don't watch Alex Jones either. You can choose not to watch the video as well. your choice.